The recent report from the ACOSS and UNSW Sydney-led Poverty and Inequality Partnership, Inequality in Australia 2024: Who is affected and how featured analysis of wealth inequality by age. (more…)
Peter Davidson
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Back to the future: From JobServices Australia to JobActive and beyond – Part 2
The Australian experience with employment service purchasing suggests that a hybrid model would work best. This would include a public provider and online service for those requiring limited employment assistance. (more…)
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Part 1: From CES to Job Network
The best way to assess Australia’s controversial system of contracted employment services is to track where it came from, how it affected services, and how and why successive governments have adjusted it. For, despite a widely expressed view that the policy was a complete failure it has endured for 23 years. (more…)